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Case Studies in Operations Research

Applications of Optimal Decision Making

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  • Katta G. Murty 0

Department Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

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  • Presents a broad range of case studies suitable for modeling courses for OR students
  • Additional materials posted on the book's Springer.com webpage to allow students to solve problems using the case studies
  • Contributing authors among the most prominent in the field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science (ISOR, volume 212)

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This textbook is comprised of detailed case studies covering challenging real world applications of OR techniques. Among the overall goals of the book is to provide readers with descriptions of the history and other background information on a variety of industries, service or other organizations in which decision making is an important component of their daily operations. The book considers all methods of optimum decision making in order to improve performances. It also compares possible solutions obtained by different approaches, concluding with a recommendation of the best among them for implementation. By exposing students to a variety of applications in a variety of areas and explaining how they can be modeled and solved, the book helps students develop the skills needed for modeling and solving problems that they may face in the workplace. 

Each chapter of " Case Studies in Operations Research: Applications of Optimal Decision Making" also includes additionaldata provided on the book’s website on Springer.com. These files contain a brief description of the area of application, the problem and the required outputs. Also provided are links to access all the data in the problem. Finally there are project exercises for students to practice what they have learnt in the chapter, which can also be used by instructors as project assignments in their courses. 

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

Front matter, intelligent modeling essential to get good results: container storage inside a container terminal.

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Diesel Locomotive Fueling Problem (LFP) in Railroad Operations

  • Bodhibrata Nag, Katta G. Murty

Organizing National Elections in India to Elect the 543 Members of the Lok Sabha

Procurement, production and marketing at supply-driven milk and milk products cooperative.

  • Omkar D. Palsule-Desai, Katta G. Murty

DSS (Decision Support System) for Allocating Appointment Times to Calling Patients at a Medical Facility

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Transportation–Location Problem for a Solar Stove Distributing Nonprofit Organization

  • Gemma Berenguer, Amber Richter, Zuo-Jun (Max) Shen

Designing Earth Dams Optimally

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Optimal Scheduling of a Multiunit Hydro Power Station in a Short-Term Planning Horizon

  • Alberto Borghetti, Claudia D’Ambrosio, Andrea Lodi, Silvano Martello

Optimizing the Design of Water Distribution Networks Using Mathematical Optimization

  • Cristiana Bragalli, Claudia D’Ambrosio, Jon Lee, Andrea Lodi, Paolo Toth

Wood Inventory Management in Paper Industry

  • G. S. R. Murthy, A. L. N. Murthy, Katta G. Murty

Optimizing the Design of Heat Exchanger Networks in Crude Oil Refineries

  • Majid M. Al-Gwaiz, Katta G. Murty

Optimizing the Allocation of Cuboidal Boxes to Cuboidal Compartments for Storage in a Warehouse

Optimal intake and routing of floating oil rigs in the north sea.

  • Dag Haugland, Bjørn Peter Tjøstheim

Addressing the Peak Power Problem Through Thermal Energy Storage

  • Wesley Cole, JongSuk Kim, Kriti Kapoor, Thomas Edgar

Optimal Flight Planning for a Jet Aircraft

  • Harris McClamroch, Taeyoung Lee

Freight Transport by Rail

  • Katta G. Murty, Bodhibrata Nag, Omkar D. Palsule-Desai

Cutting Stock Problems in the Paper and Sheet Metal Industries

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Inventory Management in Blood Banks

  • Harshal Lowalekar, N. Ravichandran

Assembling Cells in Wet Cell Traction Batteries that Power Forklifts

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Book Title : Case Studies in Operations Research

Book Subtitle : Applications of Optimal Decision Making

Editors : Katta G. Murty

Series Title : International Series in Operations Research & Management Science

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1007-6

Publisher : Springer New York, NY

eBook Packages : Business and Economics , Business and Management (R0)

Copyright Information : Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015

Hardcover ISBN : 978-1-4939-1006-9 Published: 09 December 2014

Softcover ISBN : 978-1-4939-4355-5 Published: 30 April 2017

eBook ISBN : 978-1-4939-1007-6 Published: 08 December 2014

Series ISSN : 0884-8289

Series E-ISSN : 2214-7934

Edition Number : 1

Number of Pages : XXIV, 543

Number of Illustrations : 70 b/w illustrations, 93 illustrations in colour

Topics : Operations Research/Decision Theory , Operations Research, Management Science

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